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Published train experiences in China, drawn from canonical route, season and booking data.

18 published journeys

China–Laos Railway train crossing the Mekong River north of Luang Prabang.

China → Laos · Scenic

Kunming to Vientiane on the China–Laos Railway

Yunnan to the Mekong on a brand-new cross-border railway

9h 34m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Engineering
Epic

Photo: Julia Denton-Barker · CC BY-SA 2.0

Unbranded long-distance passenger train crossing the Qinghai–Tibet plateau beside a high-altitude lake.

China · Scenic

Shanghai to Lhasa: train Z164/Z165

The longest run in China: 4,372 km and two nights to Tibet

45h 03m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Sleeper
Engineering

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A Beijing suburban S2 train curving through the Juyongguan mountain pass.

China · Scenic

Beijing S2: the Great Wall train to Badaling

A suburban train to the Great Wall, through the spring blossom

1h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Heritage
Excursion

Photo: N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0

Modern high-speed train crossing snow-covered northeast China plains between Changchun and Harbin.

China · Epic

Beijing to Harbin High-Speed Railway

Into the north-east, on a line built for deep winter

4h 52m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Epic
High-speed

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A green and yellow Chinese passenger train running beside Qinghai Lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

China · Scenic

Beijing to Lhasa by train

Two nights from the capital to the Tibetan plateau

39h 58m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Sleeper
Epic

Photo: xue siyang (df45086) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Modern high-speed train crossing a broad river and loess landscape on the Beijing–Xi’an corridor.

China · Epic

Beijing to Xi'an High-Speed Railway

Two imperial capitals, joined at 300 km/h

4h 19m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Epic
High-speed

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A CR200J3 train crossing Mianshan Bridge on the Emei–Guangtong section of the Chengdu–Kunming railway.

China · Scenic

Chengdu to Kunming High-Speed Railway

Sichuan to Yunnan across the mountains of the south-west

7h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Engineering
High-speed

Photo: 来斤小仓鼠吧 · CC BY-SA 4.0

A CR400AF-A high-speed train running on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

China · High-speed

Guangzhou South to Hong Kong West Kowloon

Mainland high-speed rail into central Kowloon

47m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

High-speed

Photo: 20001 · CC BY 4.0

Modern high-speed train in the karst landscape near Guilin on the Guiyang–Guangzhou corridor.

China · Scenic

Guiyang to Guangzhou High-Speed Railway

Karst country between Guizhou and the delta

4h · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
High-speed

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A CRH2J train running on the Kunming–Chuxiong–Dali railway in Yunnan.

China · Scenic

Kunming to Dali Railway

Across the Yunnan plateau to Erhai lake

1h 48m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Excursion

Photo: SS3-8057 · CC BY 4.0

A high-speed train on the Lanxin high-speed line approaching Jiayuguan South in the Gobi.

China · Scenic

Lanzhou to Urumqi High-Speed Railway

High-speed rail along the Hexi Corridor

11h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Epic
High-speed

Photo: Liuxingy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Unbranded modern high-speed train crossing Jiangnan waterways on the Shanghai–Hangzhou corridor.

China · Excursion

Shanghai to Hangzhou High-Speed Railway

The easiest day trip on the Chinese network

45m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Excursion
High-speed

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Puxiong–Panzhihua slow train 5633 crossing Shangpuxiong Bridge in the Daliang Mountains.

China · Scenic

Slow train 5633/5634: Puxiong to Panzhihua

China's cheapest long ride, through the Daliang mountains

9h 18m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Heritage
Epic

Photo: Saigyouji-Noriko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Modern high-speed train emerging from a tunnel in the forested Qinling corridor.

China · Scenic

Xi'an to Chengdu High-Speed Railway

Through the Qinling mountains, mostly in tunnel

4h 07m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Engineering
High-speed

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A train on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway crossing the Tibetan plateau.

China · Scenic

Xining to Lhasa: the Qinghai–Tibet Railway

The highest railway in the world, across the Tibetan plateau

20h 26m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Scenic
Sleeper
Engineering

Photo: Windmemories / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A CR400AF Fuxing train on the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed line.

China · Epic

Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway

North China to the Pearl River Delta, all of it at 350 km/h

7h 48m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Epic
High-speed

Photo: N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0

A CR400AF Fuxing trainset working service G6 departing from Shanghai.

China · Engineering

Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway

1,318 km between China's two great cities at 350 km/h

4h 18m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Engineering
High-speed

Photo: MNXANL / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A CRH train leaving a tunnel on the Chengdu-Chongqing intercity railway at Jianyang.

China · Excursion

Chengdu–Chongqing High-Speed Railway

308 km across the Sichuan basin in about an hour

1h · China State Railway Group (China Railway)

Excursion
High-speed

Photo: Dingli35 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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